Prophets

The Prophet said, "Allah created Adam, making him 60 cubits tall. When
He created him, He said to him, "Go and greet that group of angels,
and listen to their reply, for it will be your greeting (salutation)
and the greeting (salutations of your offspring." So, Adam said (to
the angels), As-Salamu Alaikum (i.e. Peace be upon you). The angels
said, "As-salamu Alaika wa Rahmatu-l-lahi" (i.e. Peace and Allah's
Mercy be upon you). Thus the angels added to Adam's salutation the
expression, 'Wa Rahmatu-l-lahi,' Any person who will enter Paradise
will resemble Adam (in appearance and figure). People have been
decreasing in stature since Adam's creation.

Allah's Apostle said, "The first group of people who will enter
Paradise, will be glittering like the full moon and those who will
follow them, will glitter like the most brilliant star in the sky.
They will not urinate, relieve nature, spit, or have any nasal
secretions. Their combs will be of gold, and their sweat will smell
like musk. The aloes-wood will be used in their centers. Their wives
will be houris. All of them will look alike and will resemble their
father Adam (in statute), sixty cubits tall."

Um Salama said, "Um Salaim said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Allah does not
refrain from saying the truth! Is it obligatory for a woman to take a
bath after she gets nocturnal discharge?' He said, 'Yes, if she
notices the water (i.e. discharge).' Um Salama smiled and said, 'Does
a woman get discharge?' Allah's Apostle said. 'Then why does a child
resemble (its mother)?"

When 'Abdullah bin Salam heard the arrival of the Prophet at Medina,
he came to him and said, "I am going to ask you about three things
which nobody knows except a prophet: What is the first portent of the
Hour? What will be the first meal taken by the people of Paradise? Why
does a child resemble its father, and why does it resemble its
maternal uncle" Allah's Apostle said, "Gabriel has just now told me of
their answers." 'Abdullah said, "He (i.e. Gabriel), from amongst all
the angels, is the enemy of the Jews." Allah's Apostle said, "The
first portent of the Hour will be a fire that will bring together the
people from the east to the west; the first meal of the people of
Paradise will be Extra-lobe (caudate lobe) of fish-liver. As for the
resemblance of the child to its parents: If a man has sexual
intercourse with his wife and gets discharge first, the child will
resemble the father, and if the woman gets discharge first, the child
will resemble her." On that 'Abdullah bin Salam said, "I testify that
you are the Apostle of Allah." 'Abdullah bin Salam further said, "O
Allah's Apostle! The Jews are liars, and if they should come to know
about my conversion to Islam before you ask them (about me), they
would tell a lie about me." The Jews came to Allah's Apostle and
'Abdullah went inside the house. Allah's Apostle asked (the Jews),
"What kind of man is 'Abdullah bin Salam amongst you?" They replied,
"He is the most learned person amongst us, and the best amongst us,
and the son of the best amongst us." Allah's Apostle said, "What do
you think if he embraces Islam (will you do as he does)?" The Jews
said, "May Allah save him from it." Then 'Abdullah bin Salam came out
in front of them saying, "I testify that None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah."
Thereupon they said, "He is the evilest among us, and the son of the
evilest amongst us," and continued talking badly of him.

Allah 's Apostle said, "Treat women nicely, for a women is created
from a rib, and the most curved portion of the rib is its upper
portion, so, if you should try to straighten it, it will break, but if
you leave it as it is, it will remain crooked. So treat women
nicely."

Allah's Apostle, the true and truly inspired said, "(as regards your
creation), every one of you is collected in the womb of his mother for
the first forty days, and then he becomes a clot for an other forty
days, and then a piece of flesh for an other forty days. Then Allah
sends an angel to write four words: He writes his deeds, time of his
death, means of his livelihood, and whether he will be wretched or
blessed (in religion). Then the soul is breathed into his body. So a
man may do deeds characteristic of the people of the (Hell) Fire, so
much so that there is only the distance of a cubit between him and it,
and then what has been written (by the angel) surpasses, and so he
starts doing deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise and enters
Paradise. Similarly, a person may do deeds characteristic of the
people of Paradise, so much so that there is only the distance of a
cubit between him and it, and then what has been written (by the
angel) surpasses, and he starts doing deeds of the people of the
(Hell) Fire and enters the (Hell) Fire."

The Prophet said, "Allah has appointed an angel in the womb, and the
angel says, 'O Lord! A drop of discharge (i.e. of semen), O Lord! a
clot, O Lord! a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to complete
the child's creation, the angel will say. 'O Lord! A male or a female?
O Lord! wretched or blessed (in religion)? What will his livelihood
be? What will his age be?' The angel writes all this while the child
is in the womb of its mother."

The Prophet said, "Allah will say to that person of the (Hell) Fire
who will receive the least punishment, 'If you had everything on the
earth, would you give it as a ransom to free yourself (i.e. save
yourself from this Fire)?' He will say, 'Yes.' Then Allah will say,
'While you were in the backbone of Adam, I asked you much less than
this, i.e. not to worship others besides Me, but you insisted on
worshipping others besides me.' "

Once Allah's Apostle stood amongst the people, glorified and praised
Allah as He deserved and then mentioned the Dajjal saying, "l warn you
against him (i.e. the Dajjal) and there was no prophet but warned his
nation against him. No doubt, Noah warned his nation against him but I
tell you about him something of which no prophet told his nation
before me. You should know that he is one-eyed, and Allah is not
one-eyed."

Allah's Apostle said, "Shall I not tell you about the Dajjal a story
of which no prophet told his nation? The Dajjall is one-eyed and will
bring with him what will resemble Hell and Paradise, and what he will
call Paradise will be actually Hell; so I warn you (against him) as
Noah warned his nation against him."

Allah's Apostle said, "Noah and his nation will come (on the Day of
Resurrection and Allah will ask (Noah), "Did you convey (the
Message)?' He will reply, 'Yes, O my Lord!' Then Allah will ask Noah's
nation, 'Did Noah convey My Message to you?' They will reply, 'No, no
prophet came to us.' Then Allah will ask Noah, 'Who will stand a
witness for you?' He will reply, 'Muhammad and his followers (will
stand witness for me).' So, I and my followers will stand as witnesses
for him (that he conveyed Allah's Message)." That is, (the
interpretation) of the Statement of Allah: "Thus we have made you a
just and the best nation that you might be witnesses Over mankind .."
(2.143)

We were in the company of the Prophet at a banquet and a cooked
(mutton) forearm was set before him, and he used to like it. He ate a
morsel of it and said, "I will be the chief of all the people on the
Day of Resurrection. Do you know how Allah will gather all the first
and the last (people) in one level place where an observer will be
able to see (all) of them and they will be able to hear the announcer,
and the sun will come near to them. Some People will say: Don't you
see, in what condition you are and the state to which you have
reached? Why don't you look for a person who can intercede for you
with your Lord? Some people will say: Appeal to your father, Adam.'
They will go to him and say: 'O Adam! You are the father of all
mankind, and Allah created you with His Own Hands, and ordered the
angels to prostrate for you, and made you live in Paradise. Will you
not intercede for us with your Lord? Don't you see in what (miserable)
state we are, and to what condition we have reached?' On that Adam
will reply, 'My Lord is so angry as He has never been before and will
never be in the future; (besides), He forbade me (to eat from) the
tree, but I disobeyed (Him), (I am worried about) myself! Myself! Go
to somebody else; go to Noah.' They will go to Noah and say; 'O Noah!
You are the first amongst the messengers of Allah to the people of the
earth, and Allah named you a thankful slave. Don't you see in what a
(miserable) state we are and to what condition we have reached? Will
you not intercede for us with your Lord? Noah will reply: 'Today my
Lord has become so angry as he had never been before and will never be
in the future Myself! Myself! Go to the Prophet (Muhammad). The people
will come to me, and I will prostrate myself underneath Allah's
Throne. Then I will be addressed: 'O Muhammad! Raise your head;
intercede, for your intercession will be accepted, and ask (for
anything). for you will be given. "

The Prophet said, "I have been made victorious with As-Saba (i.e. an
easterly wind) and the people of 'Ad were destroyed by Ad-Dabur (i.e.
a westerly wind)." Narrated Abu Said: Ali sent a piece of gold to the
Prophet who distributed it among four persons: Al-Aqra' bin Habis
Al-Hanzali from the tribe of Mujashi, 'Uyaina bin Badr Al-Fazari, Zaid
At-Ta'i who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Nahban, and 'Alqama bin
Ulatha Al-'Amir who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Kilab. So the
Quraish and the Ansar became angry and said, "He (i.e. the Prophet, )
gives the chief of Najd and does not give us." The Prophet said, "I
give them) so as to attract their hearts (to Islam)." Then a man with
sunken eyes, prominent checks, a raised forehead, a thick beard and a
shaven head, came (in front of the Prophet ) and said, "Be afraid of
Allah, O Muhammad!" The Prophet ' said "Who would obey Allah if I
disobeyed Him? (Is it fair that) Allah has trusted all the people of
the earth to me while, you do not trust me?" Somebody who, I think was
Khalid bin Al-Walid, requested the Prophet to let him chop that man's
head off, but he prevented him. When the man left, the Prophet said,
"Among the off-spring of this man will be some who will recite the
Qur'an but the Qur'an will not reach beyond their throats (i.e. they
will recite like parrots and will not understand it nor act on it),
and they will renegade from the religion as an arrow goes through the
game's body. They will kill the Muslims but will not disturb the
idolaters. If I should live up to their time' I will kill them as the
people of 'Ad were killed (i.e. I will kill all of them)."

I heard the Prophet while referring to the person who had cut the legs
of the she-camel (of the Prophet Salih), saying, "The man who was
appointed for doing this job, was a man of honor and power in his
nation like Abu Zam'a,"

When Allah's Apostle landed at Al-Hijr during the Ghazwa of Tabuk, he
ordered his companions not to drink water from its well or reserve
water from it. They said, "We have already kneaded the dough with its
water. and also filled our bags with its water.'' On that, the Prophet
ordered them to throw away the dough and pour out the water.

The people landed at the land of Thamud called Al-Hijr along with
Allah's Apostle and they took water from its well for drinking and
kneading the dough with it as well. (When Allah's Apostle heard about
it) he ordered them to pour out the water they had taken from its
wells and feed the camels with the dough, and ordered them to take
water from the well whence the she-camel (of Prophet Salih) used to
drink.

When the Prophet passed by (a place called) Al Hijr, he said, "Do not
enter the house of those who were unjust to themselves, unless (you
enter) weeping, lest you should suffer the same punishment as was
inflicted upon them." After that he covered his face with his sheet
cloth while he was on the camel-saddle.

That the Prophet once came to her in a state of fear and said, "None
has the right to be worshipped but Allah. Woe unto the Arabs from a
danger that has come near. An opening has been made in the wall of Gog
and Magog like this," making a circle with his thumb and index finger.
Zainab bint Jahsh said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall we be destroyed even
though there are pious persons among us?" He said, "Yes, when the evil
person will increase."

The Prophet said, "Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection), 'O
Adam.' Adam will reply, 'Labbaik wa Sa'daik', and all the good is in
Your Hand.' Allah will say: 'Bring out the people of the fire.' Adam
will say: 'O Allah! How many are the people of the Fire?' Allah will
reply: 'From every one thousand, take out nine-hundred-and
ninety-nine.' At that time children will become hoary headed, every
pregnant female will have a miscarriage, and one will see mankind as
drunken, yet they will not be drunken, but dreadful will be the Wrath
of Allah." The companions of the Prophet asked, "O Allah's Apostle!
Who is that (excepted) one?" He said, "Rejoice with glad tidings; one
person will be from you and one-thousand will be from Gog and Magog."

The Prophet further said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is, hope that
you will be one-fourth of the people of Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu
Akbar!" He added, "I hope that you will be one-third of the people of
Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" He said, "I hope that you will
be half of the people of Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" He
further said, "You (Muslims) (compared with non Muslims) are like a
black hair in the skin of a white ox or like a white hair in the skin
of a black ox (i.e. your number is very small as compared with
theirs)."

The Prophet said, "You will be gathered (on the Day of Judgment),
bare-footed, naked and not circumcised." He then recited:--'As We
began the first creation, We, shall repeat it: A Promise We have
undertaken: Truly we shall do it.' (21.104) He added, "The first to be
dressed on the Day of Resurrection, will be Abraham, and some of my
companions will be taken towards the left side (i.e. to the (Hell)
Fire), and I will say: 'My companions! My companions!' It will be
said: 'They renegade from Islam after you left them.' Then I will say
as the Pious slave of Allah (i.e. Jesus) said. 'And I was a witness
Over them while I dwelt amongst them. When You took me up You were the
Watcher over them, And You are a witness to all things. If You punish
them. They are Your slaves And if You forgive them, Verily you, only
You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise." (5.120-121)

The Prophet said, "On the Day of Resurrection Abraham will meet his
father Azar whose face will be dark and covered with dust.(The Prophet
Abraham will say to him): 'Didn't I tell you not to disobey me?' His
father will reply: 'Today I will not disobey you.' 'Abraham will say:
'O Lord! You promised me not to disgrace me on the Day of
Resurrection; and what will be more disgraceful to me than cursing and
dishonoring my father?' Then Allah will say (to him):' 'I have
forbidden Paradise for the disbelievers." Then he will be addressed,
'O Abraham! Look! What is underneath your feet?' He will look and
there he will see a Dhabh (an animal,) blood-stained, which will be
caught by the legs and thrown in the (Hell) Fire."

The Prophet entered the Ka'ba and found in it the pictures of
(Prophet) Abraham and Mary. On that he said' "What is the matter with
them ( i.e. Quraish)? They have already heard that angels do not enter
a house in which there are pictures; yet this is the picture of
Abraham. And why is he depicted as practicing divination by arrows?"

When the Prophet saw pictures in the Ka'ba, he did not enter it till
he ordered them to be erased. When he saw (the pictures of Abraham and
Ishmael carrying the arrows of divination, he said, "May Allah curse
them (i.e. the Quraish)! By Allah, neither Abraham nor Ishmael
practiced divination by arrows."

The people said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is the most honorable amongst
the people (in Allah's Sight)?" He said, "The most righteous amongst
them." They said, "We do not ask you, about this. " He said, "Then
Joseph, Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, The son of
Allah's Prophet the son of Allah's Khalil (i.e. Abraham)." They said,
"We do not want to ask about this," He said' "Then you want to ask
about the descent of the Arabs. Those who were the best in the
pre-lslamic period of ignorance will be the best in Islam provided
they comprehend the religious knowledge."

Allah's Apostle said, "Two persons came to me at night (in dream) (and
took me along with them). We passed by a tall man who was so tall that
I was not able to see his head and that person was Abraham."

That when the people mentioned before Ibn 'Abbas that the Dajjal would
have the word Kafir, (i.e. unbeliever) or the letters Kafir (the root
of the Arabic verb 'disbelieve') written on his forehead, I heard Ibn
'Abbas saying, "I did not hear this, but the Prophet said, 'If you
want to see Abraham, then look at your companion (i.e. the Prophet)
but Moses was a curly-haired, brown man (who used to ride) a red
camel, the reins of which was made of fires of date-palms. As if I
were now looking down a valley."

Abraham did not tell a lie except on three occasion. Twice for the
Sake of Allah when he said, "I am sick," and he said, "(I have not
done this but) the big idol has done it." The (third was) that while
Abraham and Sarah (his wife) were going (on a journey) they passed by
(the territory of) a tyrant. Someone said to the tyrant, "This man
(i.e. Abraham) is accompanied by a very charming lady." So, he sent
for Abraham and asked him about Sarah saying, "Who is this lady?"
Abraham said, "She is my sister." Abraham went to Sarah and said, "O
Sarah! There are no believers on the surface of the earth except you
and I. This man asked me about you and I have told him that you are my
sister, so don't contradict my statement." The tyrant then called
Sarah and when she went to him, he tried to take hold of her with his
hand, but (his hand got stiff and) he was confounded. He asked Sarah.
"Pray to Allah for me, and I shall not harm you." So Sarah asked Allah
to cure him and he got cured. He tried to take hold of her for the
second time, but (his hand got as stiff as or stiffer than before and)
was more confounded. He again requested Sarah, "Pray to Allah for me,
and I will not harm you." Sarah asked Allah again and he became
alright. He then called one of his guards (who had brought her) and
said, "You have not brought me a human being but have brought me a
devil." The tyrant then gave Hajar as a girl-servant to Sarah. Sarah
came back (to Abraham) while he was praying. Abraham, gesturing with
his hand, asked, "What has happened?" She replied, "Allah has spoiled
the evil plot of the infidel (or immoral person) and gave me Hajar for
service." (Abu Huraira then addressed his listeners saying, "That
(Hajar) was your mother, O Bani Ma-is-Sama (i.e. the Arabs, the
descendants of Ishmael, Hajar's son)."

When the Verse:--"It is those who believe and do not confuse their
belief with wrong ( i.e. joining others in worship with Allah" (6.83)
was revealed, we said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is there amongst us who
has not done wrong to himself?" He replied, "It is not as you say, for
'wrong' in the Verse and 'do not confuse their belief, with wrong
means 'SHIRK' (i.e. joining others in worship with Allah). Haven't you
heard Luqman's saying to his son, 'O my son! Join not others in
worship with Allah, verily joining others in worship with Allah is a
great wrong indeed." (31.13)

One day some meat was given to the Prophet and he said, "On the Day of
Resurrection Allah will gather all the first and the last (people) in
one plain, and the voice of the announcer will reach all of them, and
one will be able to see them all, and the sun will come closer to
them." (The narrator then mentioned the narration of intercession):
"The people will go to Abraham and say: 'You are Allah's Prophet and
His Khalil on the earth. Will you intercede for us with your Lord?'
Abraham will then remember his lies and say: 'Myself! Myself! Go to
Moses."

The Prophet said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on the mother of
Ishmael! Had she not hastened (to fill her water-skin with water from
the Zam-zam well). Zam-zam would have been a stream flowing on the
surface of the earth." Ibn 'Abbas further added, "(The Prophet)
Abraham brought Ishmael and his mother (to Mecca) and she was suckling
Ishmael and she had a water-skin with her.'

The first lady to use a girdle was the mother of Ishmael. She used a
girdle so that she might hide her tracks from Sarah. Abraham brought
her and her son Ishmael while she was suckling him, to a place near
the Ka'ba under a tree on the spot of Zam-zam, at the highest place in
the mosque. During those days there was nobody in Mecca, nor was there
any water So he made them sit over there and placed near them a
leather bag containing some dates, and a small water-skin containing
some water, and set out homeward. Ishmael's mother followed him
saying, "O Abraham! Where are you going, leaving us in this valley
where there is no person whose company we may enjoy, nor is there
anything (to enjoy)?" She repeated that to him many times, but he did
not look back at her Then she asked him, "Has Allah ordered you to do
so?" He said, "Yes." She said, "Then He will not neglect us," and
returned while Abraham proceeded onwards, and on reaching the Thaniya
where they could not see him, he faced the Ka'ba, and raising both
hands, invoked Allah saying the following prayers:

'O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring dwell in a valley
without cultivation, by Your Sacred House (Kaba at Mecca) in order, O
our Lord, that they may offer prayer perfectly. So fill some hearts
among men with love towards them, and (O Allah) provide them with
fruits, so that they may give thanks.' (14.37) Ishmael's mother went
on suckling Ishmael and drinking from the water (she had).

When the water in the water-skin had all been used up, she became
thirsty and her child also became thirsty. She started looking at him
(i.e. Ishmael) tossing in agony; She left him, for she could not
endure looking at him, and found that the mountain of Safa was the
nearest mountain to her on that land. She stood on it and started
looking at the valley keenly so that she might see somebody, but she
could not see anybody. Then she descended from Safa and when she
reached the valley, she tucked up her robe and ran in the valley like
a person in distress and trouble, till she crossed the valley and
reached the Marwa mountain where she stood and started looking,
expecting to see somebody, but she could not see anybody. She repeated
that (running between Safa and Marwa) seven times."

The Prophet said, "This is the source of the tradition of the walking
of people between them (i.e. Safa and Marwa). When she reached the
Marwa (for the last time) she heard a voice and she asked herself to
be quiet and listened attentively. She heard the voice again and said,
'O, (whoever you may be)! You have made me hear your voice; have you
got something to help me?" And behold! She saw an angel at the place
of Zam-zam, digging the earth with his heel (or his wing), till water
flowed from that place. She started to make something like a basin
around it, using her hand in this way, and started filling her
water-skin with water with her hands, and the water was flowing out
after she had scooped some of it."

The Prophet added, "May Allah bestow Mercy on Ishmael's mother! Had
she let the Zam-zam (flow without trying to control it) (or had she
not scooped from that water) (to fill her water-skin), Zam-zam would
have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth." The Prophet
further added, "Then she drank (water) and suckled her child. The
angel said to her, 'Don't be afraid of being neglected, for this is
the House of Allah which will be built by this boy and his father, and
Allah never neglects His people.' The House (i.e. Kaba) at that time
was on a high place resembling a hillock, and when torrents came, they
flowed to its right and left. She lived in that way till some people
from the tribe of Jurhum or a family from Jurhum passed by her and her
child, as they (i.e. the Jurhum people) were coming through the way of
Kada'. They landed in the lower part of Mecca where they saw a bird
that had the habit of flying around water and not leaving it. They
said, 'This bird must be flying around water, though we know that
there is no water in this valley.' They sent one or two messengers who
discovered the source of water, and returned to inform them of the
water. So, they all came (towards the water)." The Prophet added,
"Ishmael's mother was sitting near the water. They asked her, 'Do you
allow us to stay with you?" She replied, 'Yes, but you will have no
right to possess the water.' They agreed to that." The Prophet further
said, "Ishmael's mother was pleased with the whole situation as she
used to love to enjoy the company of the people. So, they settled
there, and later on they sent for their families who came and settled
with them so that some families became permanent residents there. The
child (i.e. Ishmael) grew up and learnt Arabic from them and (his
virtues) caused them to love and admire him as he grew up, and when he
reached the age of puberty they made him marry a woman from amongst
them.

After Ishmael's mother had died, Abraham came after Ishmael's marriage
in order to see his family that he had left before, but he did not
find Ishmael there. When he asked Ishmael's wife about him, she
replied, 'He has gone in search of our livelihood.' Then he asked her
about their way of living and their condition, and she replied, 'We
are living in misery; we are living in hardship and destitution,'
complaining to him. He said, 'When your husband returns, convey my
salutation to him and tell him to change the threshold of the gate (of
his house).' When Ishmael came, he seemed to have felt something
unusual, so he asked his wife, 'Has anyone visited you?' She replied,
'Yes, an old man of so-and-so description came and asked me about you
and I informed him, and he asked about our state of living, and I told
him that we were living in a hardship and poverty.' On that Ishmael
said, 'Did he advise you anything?' She replied, 'Yes, he told me to
convey his salutation to you and to tell you to change the threshold
of your gate.' Ishmael said, 'It was my father, and he has ordered me
to divorce you. Go back to your family.' So, Ishmael divorced her and
married another woman from amongst them (i.e. Jurhum).

Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah
wished and called on them again but did not find Ishmael. So he came
to Ishmael's wife and asked her about Ishmael. She said, 'He has gone
in search of our livelihood.' Abraham asked her, 'How are you getting
on?' asking her about their sustenance and living. She replied, 'We
are prosperous and well-off (i.e. we have everything in abundance).'
Then she thanked Allah' Abraham said, 'What kind of food do you eat?'
She said. 'Meat.' He said, 'What do you drink?' She said, 'Water." He
said, "O Allah! Bless their meat and water." The Prophet added, "At
that time they did not have grain, and if they had grain, he would
have also invoked Allah to bless it." The Prophet added, "If somebody
has only these two things as his sustenance, his health and
disposition will be badly affected, unless he lives in Mecca." The
Prophet added," Then Abraham said Ishmael's wife, "When your husband
comes, give my regards to him and tell him that he should keep firm
the threshold of his gate.' When Ishmael came back, he asked his wife,
'Did anyone call on you?' She replied, 'Yes, a good-looking old man
came to me,' so she praised him and added. 'He asked about you, and I
informed him, and he asked about our livelihood and I told him that we
were in a good condition.' Ishmael asked her, 'Did he give you any
piece of advice?' She said, 'Yes, he told me to give his regards to
you and ordered that you should keep firm the threshold of your gate.'
On that Ishmael said, 'It was my father, and you are the threshold (of
the gate). He has ordered me to keep you with me.'

Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah
wished, and called on them afterwards. He saw Ishmael under a tree
near Zamzam, sharpening his arrows. When he saw Abraham, he rose up to
welcome him (and they greeted each other as a father does with his son
or a son does with his father). Abraham said, 'O Ishmael! Allah has
given me an order.' Ishmael said, 'Do what your Lord has ordered you
to do.' Abraham asked, 'Will you help me?' Ishmael said, 'I will help
you.' Abraham said, Allah has ordered me to build a house here,'
pointing to a hillock higher than the land surrounding it." The
Prophet added, "Then they raised the foundations of the House (i.e.
the Ka'ba). Ishmael brought the stones and Abraham was building, and
when the walls became high, Ishmael brought this stone and put it for
Abraham who stood over it and carried on building, while Ishmael was
handing him the stones, and both of them were saying, 'O our Lord!
Accept (this service) from us, Verily, You are the All-Hearing, the
All-Knowing.' The Prophet added, "Then both of them went on building
and going round the Ka'ba saying: O our Lord ! Accept (this service)
from us, Verily, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." (2.127)

When Abraham had differences with his wife), (because of her jealousy
of Hajar, Ishmael's mother), he took Ishmael and his mother and went
away. They had a water-skin with them containing some water, Ishmael's
mother used to drink water from the water-skin so that her milk would
increase for her child. When Abraham reached Mecca, he made her sit
under a tree and afterwards returned home. Ishmael's mother followed
him, and when they reached Kada', she called him from behind, 'O
Abraham! To whom are you leaving us?' He replied, '(I am leaving you)
to Allah's (Care).' She said, 'I am satisfied to be with Allah.' She
returned to her place and started drinking water from the water-skin,
and her milk increased for her child. When the water had all been used
up, she said to herself, 'I'd better go and look so that I may see
somebody.' She ascended the Safa mountain and looked, hoping to see
somebody, but in vain. When she came down to the valley, she ran till
she reached the Marwa mountain. She ran to and fro (between the two
mountains) many times. They she said to herself, 'i'd better go and
see the state of the child,' she went and found it in a state of one
on the point of dying. She could not endure to watch it dying and said
(to herself), 'If I go and look, I may find somebody.' She went and
ascended the Safa mountain and looked for a long while but could not
find anybody. Thus she completed seven rounds (of running) between
Safa and Marwa. Again she said (to herself), 'I'd better go back and
see the state of the child.' But suddenly she heard a voice, and she
said to that strange voice, 'Help us if you can offer any help.' Lo!
It was Gabriel (who had made the voice). Gabriel hit the earth with
his heel like this (Ibn 'Abbas hit the earth with his heel to
Illustrate it), and so the water gushed out. Ishmael's mother was
astonished and started digging. (Abu Al-Qasim) (i.e. the Prophet)
said, "If she had left the water, (flow naturally without her
intervention), it would have been flowing on the surface of the
earth.") Ishmael's mother started drinking from the water and her milk
increased for her child . Afterwards some people of the tribe of
Jurhum, while passing through the bottom of the valley, saw some
birds, and that astonished them, and they said, 'Birds can only be
found at a place where there is water.' They sent a messenger who
searched the place and found the water, and returned to inform them
about it. Then they all went to her and said, 'O ishmael's mother!
Will you allow us to be with you (or dwell with you)?' (And thus they
stayed there.) Later on her boy reached the age of puberty and married
a lady from them. Then an idea occurred to Abraham which he disclosed
to his wife (Sarah), 'I want to call on my dependents I left (at
Mecca).' When he went there, he greeted (Ishmael's wife) and said,
'Where is Ishmael?' She replied, 'He has gone out hunting.' Abraham
said (to her), 'When he comes, tell him to change the threshold of his
gate.' When he came, she told him the same whereupon Ishmael said to
her, 'You are the threshold, so go to your family (i.e. you are
divorced).' Again Abraham thought of visiting his dependents whom he
had left (at Mecca), and he told his wife (Sarah) of his intentions.
Abraham came to Ishmael's house and asked. "Where is Ishmael?"
Ishmael's wife replied, "He has gone out hunting," and added, "Will
you stay (for some time) and have something to eat and drink?' Abraham
asked, 'What is your food and what is your drink?' She replied, 'Our
food is meat and our drink is water.' He said, 'O Allah! Bless their
meals and their drink." Abu Al-Qa-sim (i.e. Prophet) said, "Because of
Abraham's invocation there are blessings (in Mecca)." Once more
Abraham thought of visiting his family he had left (at Mecca), so he
told his wife (Sarah) of his decision. He went and found Ishmael
behind the Zam-zam well, mending his arrows. He said, "O Ishmael, Your
Lord has ordered me to build a house for Him." Ishmael said, "Obey
(the order of) your Lord." Abraham said, "Allah has also ordered me
that you should help me therein." Ishmael said, "Then I will do." So,
both of them rose and Abraham started building (the Ka'ba) while
Ishmael went on handing him the stones, and both of them were saying,
"O our Lord ! Accept (this service) from us, Verily, You are the
All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." (2.127). When the building became high
and the old man (i.e. Abraham) could no longer lift the stones (to
such a high position), he stood over the stone of Al-Maqam and Ishmael
carried on handing him the stones, and both of them were saying, 'O
our Lord! Accept (this service) from us, Verily You are All-Hearing,
All-Knowing." (2.127)

I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Which mosque was first built on the
surface of the earth?" He said, "Al-Masjid-ul-,Haram (in Mecca)." I
said, "Which was built next?" He replied "The mosque of Al-Aqsa ( in
Jerusalem) ." I said, "What was the period of construction between the
two?" He said, "Forty years." He added, "Wherever (you may be, and)
the prayer time becomes due, perform the prayer there, for the best
thing is to do so (i.e. to offer the prayers in time)."

When the mountain of Uhud came in the sight of Allah's Apostle he
said. "This is a mountain that loves us and is loved by us. O Allah!
Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary, and I make (the area) in between these
two mountains (of Medina) a sanctuary."

(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle said (to her). "Don't you
see that when your folk built the Ka'ba, they did not build it on all
the foundations built by Abraham?" I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Why
don't we rebuild it on the foundations of Abraham?" He said. "But for
the fact that your folk have recently given up infidelity (I would
have done so)."

Narrated Ibn Umar: Aisha must have heard this from Allah's Apostle for
I see that Allah's Apostle used not to touch the two corners facing
Al-Hijr only because the House had not been built on the foundations
of Abraham''

The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! How shall we (ask Allah to) send
blessings on you?" Allah's Apostle replied, "Say: O Allah! Send Your
Mercy on Muhammad and on his wives and on his off spring, as You sent
Your Mercy on Abraham's family; and send Your Blessings on Muhammad
and on his offspring, as You sent Your Blessings on Abraham's family,
for You are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious."

Ka'b bin Ujrah met me and said, "Shall I not give you a present I got
from the Prophet?" 'Abdur-Rahman said, "Yes, give it to me." I said,
"We asked Allah's Apostle saying, 'O Allah's Apostle! How should one
(ask Allah to) send blessings on you, the members of the family, for
Allah has taught us how to salute you (in the prayer)?' He said, 'Say:
O Allah! Send Your Mercy on Muhammad and on the family of Muhammad, as
You sent Your Mercy on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You
are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious. O Allah! Send Your
Blessings on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You sent your
Blessings on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You are the
Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious.' "

The Prophet used to seek Refuge with Allah for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain
and say: "Your forefather (i.e. Abraham) used to seek Refuge with
Allah for Ishmael and Isaac by reciting the following: 'O Allah! I
seek Refuge with Your Perfect Words from every devil and from
poisonous pests and from every evil, harmful, envious eye.' "

Allah's Apostle said, "We are more liable to be in doubt than Abraham
when he said, 'My Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead." . He
(i.e. Allah) slid: 'Don't you believe then?' He (i.e. Abraham) said:
"Yes, but (I ask) in order to be stronger in Faith." (2.260) And may
Allah send His Mercy on Lot! He wished to have a powerful support. If
I were to stay in prison for such a long time as Joseph did I would
have accepted the offer (of freedom without insisting on having my
guiltless less declared)."

The Prophet passed by some persons of the tribe of Aslam practicing
archery (i.e. the throwing of arrows) Allah's Apostle said, "O
offspring of Ishmael! Practice archery (i.e. arrow throwing) as your
father was a great archer (i.e. arrow-thrower). I am with (on the side
of) the son of so-and-so-." Hearing that, one of the two teams stopped
throwing. Allah's Apostle asked them, ' Why are you not throwing?"
They replied, "O Allah's Apostle! How shall we throw when you are with
the opposite team?" He said, "Throw, for I am with you all."

Some people asked the Prophet: "Who is the most honorable amongst the
people?" He replied, "The most honorable among them is the one who is
the most Allah-fearing." They said, "O Allah's Prophet! We do not ask
about this." He said, "Then the most honorable person is Joseph,
Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's
Prophet, the son of Allah's Khalil." They said, "We do not ask about
this." He said, "Then you want to ask me about the Arabs' descent?"
They said, "Yes." He said, "Those who were best in the pre-lslamic
period, are the best in Islam, if they comprehend (the religious
knowledge)."

Allah's Apostle was asked, "Who is the most honorable amongst the
people?" He replied, "The most Allah fearing." The people said, "We do
not want to ask you about this." He said, "The most honorable person
is Joseph, Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, the son of
Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Khalil" The people said, 'We do
not want to ask you about this." He said," Then you want to ask me
about the origins of the Arabs? People are of various origins. The
best in the pre-lslamic period are the best in Islam, provided they
comprehend (the religious knowledge)."

That the Prophet said (to her). "Order Abu Bakr to lead the people in
prayer." She replied," Abu Bakr is a soft-hearted person and when he
stands at your place, he will weep (so he will not be able to lead the
prayer)." The Prophet repeated the same order and she gave the same
reply. The narrator, Shuba said that the Prophet said on the third or
fourth time. "You are (like) the female companions of Joseph. Order
Abu Bakr to lead the prayer. "

When the Prophet fell ill, he said, "Order Abu Bakr to lead the people
in prayer." 'Aisha said, "Abu Bakr is a soft-hearted person. The
Prophet gave the same order again and she again gave the same reply.
He again said, "Order Abu Bakr (to lead the prayer)! You are (like)
the female companions of Joseph." Consequently Abu Bakr led the people
in prayer in the life-time of the Prophet

Allah's Apostle said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Lot. He wanted to
have a powerful support. If I were to stay in prison (for a period
equal to) the stay of Joseph (prison) and then the offer of freedom
came to me, then I would have accepted it." (See Hadith No. 591)

I asked Um Ruman, 'Aisha's mother about the accusation forged against
'Aisha. She said, "While I was sitting with 'Aisha, an Ansari woman
came to us and said, 'Let Allah condemn such-and-such person.' I asked
her, 'Why do you say so?' She replied, 'For he has spread the
(slanderous) story.' 'Aisha said, 'What story?' The woman then told
her the story. 'Aisha asked, 'Have Abu Bakr and Allah's Apostle heard
about it ?' She said, 'Yes.' 'Aisha fell down senseless (on hearing
that), and when she came to her senses, she got fever and shaking of
the body. The Prophet came and asked, 'What is wrong with her?' I
said, 'She has got fever because of a story which has been rumored.'
'Aisha got up and said, 'By Allah! Even if I took an oath, you would
not believe me, and if I put forward an excuse, You would not excuse
me. My example and your example is just like that example of Jacob and
his sons. Against that which you assert, it is Allah (Alone) Whose
Help can be sought.' (12.18) The Prophet left and then Allah revealed
the Verses (concerning the matter), and on that 'Aisha said, 'Thanks
to Allah (only) and not to anybody else."

I asked 'Aisha the wife of the Prophet about the meaning of the
following Verse: -- "(Respite will be granted) 'Until when the
apostles give up hope (of their people) and thought that they were
denied (by their people)..............."(12.110) 'Aisha replied,
"Really, their nations did not believe them." I said, "By Allah! They
were definite that their nations treated them as liars and it was not
a matter of suspecting." 'Aisha said, "O 'Uraiya (i.e. 'Urwa)! No
doubt, they were quite sure about it."

I said, "May the Verse be read in such a way as to mean that the
apostles thought that Allah did not help them?" Aisha said, "Allah
forbid! (Impossible) The Apostles did not suspect their Lord of such a
thing. But this Verse is concerned with the Apostles' followers who
had faith in their Lord and believed in their apostles and their
period of trials was long and Allah's Help was delayed till the
apostles gave up hope for the conversion of the disbelievers amongst
their nation and suspected that even their followers were shaken in
their belief, Allah's Help then came to them." Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The
Prophet said, "The honorable, the son of the honorable, the son of the
honorable, (was) Joseph, the son of Jacob! the son of Isaac, the son
of Abraham."

The Prophet said, "While Job was naked, taking a bath, a swarm of gold
locusts fell on him and he started collecting them in his garment. His
Lord called him, 'O Job! Have I not made you rich enough to need what
you see? He said, 'Yes, O Lord! But I cannot dispense with your
Blessing."'

The Prophet returned to Khadija while his heart was beating rapidly.
She took him to Waraqa bin Naufal who was a Christian convert and used
to read the Gospels in Arabic Waraqa asked (the Prophet), "What do you
see?" When he told him, Waraqa said, "That is the same angel whom
Allah sent to the Prophet) Moses. Should I live till you receive the
Divine Message, I will support you strongly."

Allah's Apostle talked to his companions about his Night Journey to
the Heavens. When he reached the fifth Heaven, he met Aaron. (Gabriel
said to the Prophet), "This is Aaron." The Prophet said, "Gabriel
greeted and so did I, and he returned the greeting saying, 'Welcome, O
Pious Brother and Pious Prophet."

Allah's Apostle said, "On the night of my Ascension to Heaven, I saw
(the prophet) Moses who was a thin person with lank hair, looking like
one of the men of the tribe of Shanua; and I saw Jesus who was of
average height with red face as if he had just come out of a bathroom.
And I resemble prophet Abraham more than any of his offspring does.
Then I was given two cups, one containing milk and the other wine.
Gabriel said, 'Drink whichever you like.' I took the milk and drank
it. Gabriel said, 'You have accepted what is natural, (True Religion
i.e. Islam) and if you had taken the wine, your followers would have
gone astray.' "

The Prophet said, "One should not say that I am better than Jonah
(i.e. Yunus) bin Matta." So, he mentioned his father Matta. The
Prophet mentioned the night of his Ascension and said, "The prophet
Moses was brown, a tall person as if from the people of the tribe of
Shanu'a. Jesus was a curly-haired man of moderate height." He also
mentioned Malik, the gate-keeper of the (Hell) Fire, and Ad-Dajjal.

When the Prophet came to Medina, he found (the Jews) fasting on the
day of 'Ashura' (i.e. 10th of Muharram). They used to say: "This is a
great day on which Allah saved Moses and drowned the folk of Pharaoh.
Moses observed the fast on this day, as a sign of gratitude to Allah."
The Prophet said, "I am closer to Moses than they." So, he observed
the fast (on that day) and ordered the Muslims to fast on it.

The Prophet said, 'People will be struck unconscious on the Day of
Resurrection and I will be the first to regain consciousness, and
behold! There I will see Moses holding one of the pillars of Allah's
Throne. I will wonder whether he has become conscious before me of he
has been exempted, because of his unconsciousness at the Tur
(mountain) which he received (on the earth)."

That he differed with Al-Hur bin Qais Al-Fazari regarding the
companion of Moses. Ibn 'Abbas said that he was Al-Khadir. Meanwhile
Ubai bin Ka'b passed by them and Ibn 'Abbas called him saying, "My
friend and I have differed regarding Moses' companion whom Moses asked
the way to meet. Have you heard Allah's Apostle mentioning something
about him?" He said, "Yes, I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'While
Moses was sitting in the company of some Israelites, a man came and
asked (him), 'Do you know anyone who is more learned than you?' Moses
replied, 'No.' So, Allah sent the Divine Inspiration to Moses: 'Yes,
Our slave, Khadir (is more learned than you).' Moses asked how to meet
him (i.e. Khadir). So, the fish, was made, as a sign for him, and he
was told that when the fish was lost, he should return and there he
would meet him. So, Moses went on looking for the sign of the fish in
the sea. The servant boy of Moses said to him, 'Do you know that when
we were sitting by the side of the rock, I forgot the fish, and t was
only Satan who made me forget to tell (you) about it.' Moses said,
That was what we were seeking after,' and both of them returned,
following their footmarks and found Khadir; and what happened further
to them, is mentioned in Allah's Book."

I said to Ibn Abbas, "Nauf Al-Bukah claims that Moses, the companion
of Al-Khadir was not Moses (the prophet) of the children of Israel,
but some other Moses." Ibn 'Abbas said, "Allah's enemy (i.e. Nauf) has
told a lie. Ubai bin Ka'b told us that the Prophet said, 'Once Moses
stood up and addressed Bani Israel. He was asked who was the most
learned man amongst the people. He said, 'I.' Allah admonished him as
he did not attribute absolute knowledge to Him (Allah). So, Allah said
to him, 'Yes, at the junction of the two seas there is a Slave of Mine
who is more learned than you.' Moses said, 'O my Lord! How can I meet
him?' Allah said, 'Take a fish and put it in a large basket and you
will find him at the place where you will lose the fish.' Moses took a
fish and put it in a basket and proceeded along with his (servant)
boy, Yusha 'bin Nun, till they reached the rock where they laid their
heads (i.e. lay down). Moses slept, and the fish, moving out of the
basket, fell into the sea. It took its way into the sea (straight) as
in a tunnel. Allah stopped the flow of water over the fish and it
became like an arch (the Prophet pointed out this arch with his
hands). They travelled the rest of the night, and the next day Moses
said to his boy (servant), 'Give us our food, for indeed, we have
suffered much fatigue in this journey of ours.' Moses did not feel
tired till he crossed that place which Allah had ordered him to seek
after. His boy (servant) said to him, 'Do you know that when we were
sitting near that rock, I forgot the fish, and none but Satan caused
me to forget to tell (you) about it, and it took its course into the
sea in an amazing way?.' So there was a path for the fish and that
astonished them. Moses said, 'That was what we were seeking after.'
So, both of them retraced their footsteps till they reached the rock.
There they saw a man Lying covered with a garment. Moses greeted him
and he replied saying, 'How do people greet each other in your land?'
Moses said, 'I am Moses.' The man asked, 'Moses of Bani Israel?' Moses
said, 'Yes, I have come to you so that you may teach me from those
things which Allah has taught you.' He said, 'O Moses! I have some of
the Knowledge of Allah which Allah has taught me, and which you do not
know, while you have some of the Knowledge of Allah which Allah has
taught you and which I do not know.' Moses asked, 'May I follow you?'
He said, 'But you will not be able to remain patient with me for how
can you be patient about things which you will not be able to
understand?' (Moses said, 'You will find me, if Allah so will, truly
patient, and I will not disobey you in aught.') So, both of them set
out walking along the sea-shore, a boat passed by them and they asked
the crew of the boat to take them on board. The crew recognized
Al-Khadir and so they took them on board without fare. When they were
on board the boat, a sparrow came and stood on the edge of the boat
and dipped its beak once or twice into the sea. Al-Khadir said to
Moses, 'O Moses! My knowledge and your knowledge have not decreased
Allah's Knowledge except as much as this sparrow has decreased the
water of the sea with its beak.' Then suddenly Al-Khadir took an adze
and plucked a plank, and Moses did not notice it till he had plucked a
plank with the adze. Moses said to him, 'What have you done? They took
us on board charging us nothing; yet you I have intentionally made a
hole in their boat so as to drown its passengers. Verily, you have
done a dreadful thing.' Al-Khadir replied, 'Did I not tell you that
you would not be able to remain patient with me?' Moses replied, 'Do
not blame me for what I have forgotten, and do not be hard upon me for
my fault.' So the first excuse of Moses was that he had forgotten.
When they had left the sea, they passed by a boy playing with other
boys.

Al-Khadir took hold of the boys head and plucked it with his hand like
this. (Sufyan, the sub narrator pointed with his fingertips as if he
was plucking some fruit.) Moses said to him, "Have you killed an
innocent person who has not killed any person? You have really done a
horrible thing." Al-Khadir said, "Did I not tell you that you could
not remain patient with me?' Moses said "If I ask you about anything
after this, don't accompany me. You have received an excuse from me.'
Then both of them went on till they came to some people of a village,
and they asked its inhabitant for wood but they refused to entertain
them as guests. Then they saw therein a wall which was just going to
collapse (and Al Khadir repaired it just by touching it with his
hands). (Sufyan, the sub-narrator, pointed with his hands,
illustrating how Al-Khadir passed his hands over the wall upwards.)
Moses said, "These are the people whom we have called on, but they
neither gave us food, nor entertained us as guests, yet you have
repaired their wall. If you had wished, you could have taken wages for
it." Al-Khadir said, "This is the parting between you and me, and I
shall tell you the explanation of those things on which you could not
remain patient." The Prophet added, "We wished that Moses could have
remained patient by virtue of which Allah might have told us more
about their story. (Sufyan the sub-narrator said that the Prophet
said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Moses! If he had remained
patient, we would have been told further about their case.")

Allah's Apostle said, "It was said to Bani Israel, Enter the gate (of
the town) with humility (prostrating yourselves) and saying:
"Repentance", but they changed the word and entered the town crawling
on their buttocks and saying: "A wheat grain in the hair."

Allah's Apostle said, "(The Prophet) Moses was a shy person and used
to cover his body completely because of his extensive shyness. One of
the children of Israel hurt him by saying, 'He covers his body in this
way only because of some defect in his skin, either leprosy or scrotal
hernia, or he has some other defect.' Allah wished to clear Moses of
what they said about him, so one day while Moses was in seclusion, he
took off his clothes and put them on a stone and started taking a
bath. When he had finished the bath, he moved towards his clothes so
as to take them, but the stone took his clothes and fled; Moses picked
up his stick and ran after the stone saying, 'O stone! Give me my
garment!' Till he reached a group of Bani Israel who saw him naked
then, and found him the best of what Allah had created, and Allah
cleared him of what they had accused him of. The stone stopped there
and Moses took and put his garment on and started hitting the stone
with his stick. By Allah, the stone still has some traces of the
hitting, three, four or five marks. This was what Allah refers to in
His Saying:-- "O you who believe! Be you not like those Who annoyed
Moses, But Allah proved his innocence of that which they alleged, And
he was honorable In Allah's Sight." (33.69)

Once the Prophet distributed something (among his followers. A man
said, "This distribution has not been done (with justice) seeking
Allah's Countenance." I went to the Prophet and told him (of that). He
became so angry that I saw the signs of anger oh his face. Then he
said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Moses, for he was harmed more (in
a worse manner) than this; yet he endured patiently."

We were with Allah's Apostle picking the fruits of the 'Arak trees,
and Allah's Apostle said, "Pick the black fruit, for it is the best."
The companions asked, "Were you a shepherd?" He replied, "There was no
prophet who was not a shepherd."

The Angel of Death was sent to Moses when he came to Moses, Moses
slapped him on the eye. The angel returned to his Lord and said, "You
have sent me to a Slave who does not want to die." Allah said, "Return
to him and tell him to put his hand on the back of an ox and for every
hair that will come under it, he will be granted one year of life."
Moses said, "O Lord! What will happen after that?" Allah replied,
"Then death." Moses said, "Let it come now." Moses then requested
Allah to let him die close to the Sacred Land so much so that he would
be at a distance of a stone's throw from it." Abu Huraira added,
"Allah's Apostle said, 'If I were there, I would show you his grave
below the red sand hill on the side of the road."

A Muslim and a Jew quarreled. The Muslim taking an oath, said, "By Him
Who has preferred Muhammad over all people...!" The Jew said, "By Him
Who has preferred Moses, over all people." The Muslim raised his hand
and slapped the Jew who came to the Prophet to tell him what had
happened between him and the Muslim. The Prophet said, "Don't give me
superiority over Moses, for the people will become unconscious (on the
Day of Resurrection) and I will be the first to gain consciousness to
see Moses standing and holding a side of Allah's Throne. I will not
know if he has been among those people who have become unconscious;
and that he has gained consciousness before me, or he has been amongst
those whom Allah has exempted."

Allah's Apostle said, "Adam and Moses argued with each other. Moses
said to Adam. 'You are Adam whose mistake expelled you from Paradise.'
Adam said to him, 'You are Moses whom Allah selected as His Messenger
and as the one to whom He spoke directly; yet you blame me for a thing
which had already been written in my fate before my creation?"'
Allah's Apostle said twice, "So, Adam overpowered Moses."

Allah's Apostle said, "Many amongst men reached (the level of)
perfection but none amongst the women reached this level except Asia,
Pharaoh's wife, and Mary, the daughter of 'Imran. And no doubt, the
superiority of 'Aisha to other women is like the superiority of Tharid
(i.e. a meat and bread dish) to other meals."

Once while a Jew was selling something, he was offered a price that he
was not pleased with. So, he said, "No, by Him Who gave Moses
superiority over all human beings!" Hearing him, an Ansari man got up
and slapped him on the face and said, "You say: By Him Who Gave Moses
superiority over all human beings although the Prophet (Muhammad) is
present amongst us!" The Jew went to the Prophet and said, "O
Abu-l-Qasim! I am under the assurance and contract of security, so
what right does so-and-so have to slap me?" The Prophet asked the
other, "Why have you slapped". He told him the whole story. The
Prophet became angry, till anger appeared on his face, and said,
"Don't give superiority to any prophet amongst Allah's Prophets, for
when the trumpet will be blown, everyone on the earth and in the
heavens will become unconscious except those whom Allah will exempt.
The trumpet will be blown for the second time and I will be the first
to be resurrected to see Moses holding Allah's Throne. I will not know
whether the unconsciousness which Moses received on the Day of Tur has
been sufficient for him, or has he got up before me. And I do not say
that there is anybody who is better than Yunus bin Matta."

The Prophet said, "The reciting of the Zabur (i.e. Psalms) was made
easy for David. He used to order that his riding animals be saddled,
and would finish reciting the Zabur before they were saddled. And he
would never eat except from the earnings of his manual work."

Allah's Apostle was informed that I have said: "By Allah, I will fast
all the days and pray all the nights as long as I live." On that,
Allah's Apostle asked me. "Are you the one who says: 'I will fast all
the days and pray all the nights as long as I live?' " I said, "Yes, I
have said it." He said, "You cannot do that. So fast (sometimes) and
do not fast (sometimes). Pray and sleep. Fast for three days a month,
for the reward of a good deed is multiplied by ten time, and so the
fasting of three days a month equals the fasting of a year." I said,
"O Allah's Apostle! I can do (fast) more than this." He said, "Fast on
every third day. I said: I can do (fast) more than that, He said:
"Fast on alternate days and this was the fasting of David which is the
most moderate sort of fasting." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I can do
(fast) more than that." He said, "There is nothing better than that."

The Prophet said to me, "I have been informed that you pray all the
nights and observe fast all the days; is this true?" I replied, "Yes."
He said, "If you do so, your eyes will become weak and you will get
bored. So fast three days a month, for this will be the fasting of a
whole year, or equal to the fasting of a whole year." I said, "I find
myself able to fast more." He said, "Then fast like the fasting of
(the Prophet) David who used to fast on alternate days and would not
flee on facing the enemy."

Allah's Apostle said to me, "The most beloved fasting to Allah was the
fasting of (the Prophet) David who used to fast on alternate days. And
the most beloved prayer to Allah was the prayer of David who used to
sleep for (the first) half of the night and pray for 1/3 of it and
(again) sleep for a sixth of it."

I asked Ibn 'Abbas, "Should we perform a prostration on reciting
Surat-Sad?" He recited (the Sura) including: 'And among his progeny,
David, Solomon..(up to)...so follow their guidance (6.84-91) And then
he said, "Your Prophet is amongst those people who have been ordered
to follow them (i.e. the preceding apostles).

The prostration in Sura-Sad is not amongst the compulsory
prostrations, though I saw the Prophet prostrating on reciting The
Statement of Allah:--and to David We gave Solomon (for a son). How
excellent (a) slave he was ever oft-returning in repentance (to us)
(38.30) And His Statement:-- He said: My Lord Forgive me and grant me
a kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after me.' (38.35) And
His Statement:-- 'And they followed what the Devils gave out
(falsely), of magic in the life-time of Solomon.' (2.102)

The Prophet said, "A strong demon from the Jinns came to me yesterday
suddenly, so as to spoil my prayer, but Allah enabled me to overpower
him, and so I caught him and intended to tie him to one of the pillars
of the Mosque so that all of you might see him, but I remembered the
invocation of my brother Solomon: 'And grant me a kingdom such as
shall not belong to any other after me.' (38.35) so I let him go
cursed."

The Prophet said, "Solomon (the son of) David said, 'Tonight I will
sleep with seventy ladies each of whom will conceive a child who will
be a knight fighting for "Allah's Cause.' His companion said, 'If
Allah will.' But Solomon did not say so; therefore none of those women
got pregnant except one who gave birth to a half child." The Prophet
further said, "If the Prophet Solomon had said it (i.e. 'If Allah
will') he would have begotten children who would have fought in
Allah's Cause." Shuaib and Ibn Abi Az-Zinad said, "Ninety (women) is
more correct (than seventy)."

I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Which mosque was built first?" He replied,
"Al-Masjid-ul-Haram." I asked, "Which (was built) next?" He replied,
"Al-Masjid-ul-Aqs-a (i.e. Jerusalem)." I asked, "What was the period
in between them?" He replied, "Forty (years)." He then added,
"Wherever the time for the prayer comes upon you, perform the prayer,
for all the earth is a place of worshipping for you."

Allah's Apostle said, "My example and the example o the people is like
that of a person who lit a fire and let the moths, butterflies and
these insects fall in it." He also said, "There were two women, each
of whom had a child with her. A wolf came and took away the child of
one of them, whereupon the other said, 'It has taken your child.' The
first said, 'But it has taken your child.' So they both carried the
case before David who judged that the living child be given to the
elder lady. So both of them went to Solomon bin David and informed him
(of the case). He said, 'Bring me a knife so as to cut the child into
two pieces and distribute it between them.' The younger lady said,
'May Allah be merciful to you! Don't do that, for it is her (i.e. the
other lady's) child.' So he gave the child to the younger lady."

When the Verse:-- 'Those who believe and mix not their belief with
wrong." was revealed, the companions of the Prophet said, "Who amongst
us has not mixed his belief with wrong?" Then Allah revealed: "Join
none in worship with Allah, Verily joining others in worship with
Allah is a great wrong indeed."

When the Verse:-- 'Those who believe and mix not their belief with
wrong.' was revealed, the Muslims felt it very hard on them and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Who amongst us does not do wrong to himself?" He
replied, "The Verse does not mean this. But that (wrong) means to
associate others in worship to Allah: Don't you listen to what Luqman
said to his son when he was advising him," O my son! Join not others
in worship with Allah. Verily joining others in worship with Allah is
a great wrong indeed." (31.13)

That the Prophet talked to them about the night of his Ascension to
the Heavens. He said, "(Then Gabriel took me) and ascended up till he
reached the second heaven where he asked for the gate to be opened,
but it was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'I am Gabriel.' It was
asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' He replied, 'Muhammad.' It was
asked, 'Has he been called?' He said, 'Yes.' When we reached over the
second heaven, I saw Yahya (i.e. John) and Jesus who were cousins.
Gabriel said, 'These are John (Yahya) and Jesus, so greet them.' I
greeted them and they returned the greeting saying, 'Welcome, O Pious
Brother and Pious Prophet!;' "

Abu Huraira said, "I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'There is none born
among the off-spring of Adam, but Satan touches it. A child therefore,
cries loudly at the time of birth because of the touch of Satan,
except Mary and her child." Then Abu Huraira recited: "And I seek
refuge with You for her and for her offspring from the outcast Satan"
(3.36)

The Prophet said, "The superiority of 'Aisha to other ladies is like
the superiority of Tharid (i.e. meat and bread dish) to other meals.
Many men reached the level of perfection, but no woman reached such a
level except Mary, the daughter of Imran and Asia, the wife of
Pharaoh."

Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Amongst all
those women who ride camels (i.e. Arabs), the ladies of Quraish are
the best. They are merciful and kind to their off-spring and the best
guardians of their husbands' properties.' Abu Huraira added, "Mary the
daughter of Imran never rode a camel."

The Prophet said, "If anyone testifies that None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah Alone Who has no partners, and that Muhammad is
His Slave and His Apostle, and that Jesus is Allah's Slave and His
Apostle and His Word which He bestowed on Mary and a Spirit created by
Him, and that Paradise is true, and Hell is true, Allah will admit him
into Paradise with the deeds which he had done even if those deeds
were few." (Junada, the sub-narrator said, " 'Ubada added, 'Such a
person can enter Paradise through any of its eight gates he likes.")

The Prophet said, "None spoke in cradle but three: (The first was)
Jesus, (the second was), there a man from Bani Israel called Juraij.
While he was offering his prayers, his mother came and called him. He
said (to himself), 'Shall I answer her or keep on praying?" (He went
on praying) and did not answer her, his mother said, "O Allah! Do not
let him die till he sees the faces of prostitutes." So while he was in
his hermitage, a lady came and sought to seduce him, but he refused.
So she went to a shepherd and presented herself to him to commit
illegal sexual intercourse with her and then later she gave birth to a
child and claimed that it belonged to Juraij. The people, therefore,
came to him and dismantled his hermitage and expelled him out of it
and abused him. Juraij performed the ablution and offered prayer, and
then came to the child and said, 'O child! Who is your father?' The
child replied, 'The shepherd.' (After hearing this) the people said,
'We shall rebuild your hermitage of gold,' but he said, 'No, of
nothing but mud.'(The third was the hero of the following story) A
lady from Bani Israel was nursing her child at her breast when a
handsome rider passed by her. She said, 'O Allah ! Make my child like
him.' On that the child left her breast, and facing the rider said, 'O
Allah! Do not make me like him.' The child then started to suck her
breast again. (Abu Huraira further said, "As if I were now looking at
the Prophet sucking his finger (in way of demonstration.") After a
while the people passed by, with a lady slave and she (i.e. the
child's mother) said, 'O Allah! Do not make my child like this (slave
girl)!, On that the child left her breast and said, 'O Allah! Make me
like her.' When she asked why, the child replied, 'The rider is one of
the tyrants while this slave girl is falsely accused of theft and
illegal sexual intercourse."

The Prophet said, "I met Moses on the night of my Ascension to
heaven." The Prophet then described him saying, as I think, "He was a
tall person with lank hair as if he belonged to the people of the
tribe of Shanu's.' The Prophet further said, "I met Jesus." The
Prophet described him saying, "He was one of moderate height and was
red-faced as if he had just come out of a bathroom. I saw Abraham whom
I resembled more than any of his children did." The Prophet further
said, "(That night) I was given two cups; one full of milk and the
other full of wine. I was asked to take either of them which I liked,
and I took the milk and drank it. On that it was said to me, 'You have
taken the right path (religion). If you had taken the wine, your
(Muslim) nation would have gone astray."

The Prophet said, "I saw Moses, Jesus and Abraham (on the night of my
Ascension to the heavens). Jesus was of red complexion, curly hair and
a broad chest. Moses was of brown complexion, straight hair and tall
stature as if he was from the people of Az-Zutt."

The Prophet mentioned the Massiah Ad-Dajjal in front of the people
saying, Allah is not one eyed while Messsiah, Ad-Dajjal is blind in
the right eye and his eye looks like a bulging out grape. While
sleeping near the Ka'ba last night, I saw in my dream a man of brown
color the best one can see amongst brown color and his hair was long
that it fell between his shoulders. His hair was lank and water was
dribbling from his head and he was placing his hands on the shoulders
of two men while circumambulating the Kaba. I asked, 'Who is this?'
They replied, 'This is Jesus, son of Mary.' Behind him I saw a man who
had very curly hair and was blind in the right eye, resembling Ibn
Qatan (i.e. an infidel) in appearance. He was placing his hands on the
shoulders of a person while performing Tawaf around the Ka'ba. I
asked, 'Who is this? 'They replied, 'The Masih, Ad-Dajjal.' "

No, By Allah, the Prophet did not tell that Jesus was of red
complexion but said, "While I was asleep circumambulating the Ka'ba
(in my dream), suddenly I saw a man of brown complexion and lank hair
walking between two men, and water was dropping from his head. I
asked, 'Who is this?' The people said, 'He is the son of Mary.' Then I
looked behind and I saw a red-complexioned, fat, curly-haired man,
blind in the right eye which looked like a bulging out grape. I asked,
'Who is this?' They replied, 'He is Ad-Dajjal.' The one who resembled
to him among the people, was Ibn Qatar." (Az-Zuhri said, "He (i.e. Ibn
Qatan) was a man from the tribe Khuza'a who died in the pre-lslamic
period.")

Allah's Apostle said, "Both in this world and in the Hereafter, I am
the nearest of all the people to Jesus, the son of Mary. The prophets
are paternal brothers; their mothers are different, but their religion
is one."

The Prophet said, "Jesus, seeing a man stealing, asked him, 'Did you
steal?, He said, 'No, by Allah, except Whom there is None who has the
right to be worshipped' Jesus said, 'I believe in Allah and suspect my
eyes."

Allah's Apostle said, "If a person teaches his slave girl good manners
properly, educates her properly, and then manumits and marries her, he
will get a double reward. And if a man believes in Jesus and then
believes in me, he will get a double reward. And if a slave fears his
Lord (i.e. Allah) and obeys his masters, he too will get a double
reward."

Allah's Apostle said, "You will be resurrected (and assembled)
bare-footed, naked and uncircumcised." The Prophet then recited the
Divine Verse:-- "As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it: A
promise We have undertaken. Truly we shall do it." (21.104)

He added, "The first to be dressed will be Abraham. Then some of my
companions will take to the right and to the left. I will say: 'My
companions! 'It will be said, 'They had been renegades since you left
them.' I will then say what the Pious Slave Jesus, the son of Mary
said: 'And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them; when
You did take me up, You were the Watcher over them, and You are a
Witness to all things. If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and
if you forgive them, You, only You are the All-Mighty the All-Wise.' "
(5.117-118) Narrated Quaggas, "Those were the apostates who renegade
from Islam during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr who fought them".

Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, surely
(Jesus,) the son of Mary will soon descend amongst you and will judge
mankind justly (as a Just Ruler); he will break the Cross and kill the
pigs and there will be no Jizya (i.e. taxation taken from non
Muslims). Money will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it,
and a single prostration to Allah (in prayer) will be better than the
whole world and whatever is in it." Abu Huraira added "If you wish,
you can recite (this verse of the Holy Book): -- 'And there is none Of
the people of the Scriptures (Jews and Christians) But must believe in
him (i.e Jesus as an Apostle of Allah and a human being) Before his
death. And on the Day of Judgment He will be a witness Against them."
(4.159) (See Fateh Al Bari, Page 302 Vol 7)

Allah's Apostle said "How will you be when the son of Mary (i.e.
Jesus) descends amongst you and he will judge people by the Law of the
Quran and not by the law of Gospel (Fateh-ul Bari page 304 and 305 Vol
7)